Orthofix Completes Sports Medicine Divestiture, Uses Funds for Debt Payment

Orthofix International N.V. OFIX (the Company) announced today that it completed the divestiture of its Sports Medicine Business Unit, Breg, Inc., to Water Street Healthcare Partners, a strategic private equity firm focused exclusively on the health care industry. The purchase price was $157.5 million less normal and customary working capital adjustments and indebtedness. The Company applied $145.0 million of after-tax net proceeds to the prepayment of outstanding Company indebtedness, as required by the Company's existing credit agreement.